Non-refillable container.



H. LANES & P. F. W. MULLER.

NON-REFILLABLE CONTAINER.

APPLICATION FILED our. 9. 1915.

1,2@5,4=58. Patented Nov. 21, 1916.

WI T/VESSES: 627/ W 7 UNITED STATES PATENT oEEioE.

HERMAN LAKES, 0E BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, AND PAUL r. w. MULLER; or WEST HoBoKEN, NEW JE S Y. Y

N I LAEL CONTAINER,

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed October 9, 1915. Serial No. 54,946.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that we, HERMAN LANEs, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Brooklyn, county of Kings, and State of New York, and PAUL F. W. MULLER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Vest I-Ioboken, county of Hudson, and State of New Jersey, have invented certain 'new and useful Improvements in Non-Refillable Containers, of which the following'is a speciflcation.

This invention relates to containers of the non-refillable variety adaptable for contain ing and dispensing, one at a time, a plurality of compactly arranged superposed pieces of any product of manufacture, as candy or analogous edible substances, chewing gum, etc. The device may also be used for containing leaves or cakes of soap or any product which it is desirable to inclose and protect for hygenic or sanitary reasons.

The invention has for its object to provide an article of the character named which is inexpensive, simple in construction and readily-operable; and it comprises an outer casing, an inner holder for directly carrying the product and a slide for discharging said product, all as will be hereinafter fully described and specifically set forth in the annexed claims.

In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification, Figure 1, is a plan view in blank of a sheet adapted for forming the outer casing of the device; Fig. 2, a side view of the formed outer casing; Fig. 3. a view of the front end thereof; Fig. 4, a plan View in blank of a sheet adapted to form one member of the inner holder; Fig. 5, a side view showing said member formed; Fig. 6, a plan view in blank of a sheet adapted to form the other member of the holder; Fig. 7, a side view showing said member formed Fig. 8, is a side viewshowing the said holder assembled and filled with a plurality of leaves of a product to be dispensed; Fig. 9, is a perspective view of the completed device looking toward the rearward end thereof; and Fig. 10, is a similar view looking toward the frontend of the device and showing the slide moved outwardly to deliver one leaf of the contents of the device.

In the accompanying drawings one form of our device is illustrated embodying a rectangular container adapted for holding a limited number of rectangular leaves, but we do not confine ourselves. to the specific shape shown, as 1t is obvious that other shaped and proportioned containers may be wall 4, being connected by a. suitable'joint,

as Having formed said casing the ex tensions b are bent at right angles to form a flange or stop for contact with the front end of the inner holder, hereinafter described, and the extensions (4, are left eX- tended on a plane with their connected walls until said holder is introducech The'holder is designated by the letter B, Fig. 8, of the drawing, and it comprises the. top member (J and the bottom member D. The member C embodies the top plate 10, the depending flange 11, at the forward end thereof, and the cap 12, at the rearward end thereof, all of said parts formed integral from the blank metal sheet E, shown by Fig. 4, of the drawings; and the memberD comprises a delivery-slide embodying the bottom plate 13, the thumb-piece 1.4, the flange 15 and the upright stops 16, adapted for limiting the outward movement of the slide D, to prevent the removal thereof.

The member C, is provided in its top plate 10, with slots 17, which engage and hold a semi-elliptical plate-spring F, adapted for holding the product, as the rectangular leaves G, in secure superposed arrangement on the slide D, whereby they may be readily delivered by the forward movements of said slide. The end wall of the cap 12, is provided with an integrally formed inwardly pressed lug 18, which maintains the leaves G, in position sufficiently pushed forward to allow the flange 15, of the slide D, to engage their inner ends and prevent said slide from pushing said leaves backwardly against the end wall of the cap 12, by frictional action during its rearward movements.

In the operation and use of the invention lot from all contaminatin the product comprising the leaves G is placed on the slide D, and said slide is then connected and manually held in connection with the member C, as shown by Fig. 8, of the drawings, thus completing the inner holder B. Said holder being then fully charged with the product to be dispensed is pushed into the casing A, through the rearward end thereof, and the extensions a, are bent at right angles to their connected walls over the cap 12, as shown in Fig. 9, of the drawings, whereby the holder B, is securely locked within the casing A, and the thumbpiece H is in position for operating the slide D. To extract the product it is simply necessary to move the slide forwardly as far as it will go, one leaf of product being car ried outwardly with each forward movement of the slide. To facilitate removal of the outwardly moved leaf of product recesses cl, are formed in the bottom of the plate D, to accommodate the thumb and finger of the person removing the leaf.

It is especially noteworthy that the several parts of this device are formed integral from single sheets'of metal, whereby an exceedingly inexpensive article of manufacture is produced which most effectually incloses and protects the contained product influences while at the same time admittlng of its ready removal. Further, a container is provided which cannot be refilled after its original contents has been removed.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. A non-refillable container for carrying and dispensing a plurality of superposed articles, comprising an outer casing composed of one sheet and having integrally formed locking flanges, and an inner holder comprising a fixed member and a slidable member, said flanges locking said holder within said casing, substantially as shown and described.

2, In a non-refillable container, the combination, with a casing open at each end and having integral extensions; of a holder held within said casing by means of saidextensions, said holder comprising a fixed member 7 having a feeding-sprin and a slidable member, said holder adapted to contain and dispense a plurality of superposed articles, one at a time, substantially as shown-and described.

3. In a non-refillable container, the combination, with a casing composed of one sheet of material and having integral locking flanges at each end; of a holder locked. within said casing by means of said flanges, said holder comprising a fixed member having a feeding spring, a capped rear end and a flanged front end, and a slidable member having a flanged rear end and a flanged front end makin a thumb-piece, said holder adapted to contain a plurality of superposed articles, and said slidable member adapted to discharge said articles, one at a time, substantially as shown and described.

4. In a non-refillable container for carrying and delivering a plurality of superposed pieces of manufactured product, one at a time, the combination, with a casing formed of a single sheet and having bent flanges at each end; of a holder comprising a member fixed within said casing by means of'said bent flanges, and having an attached feedspring, a capped end closing one end of said casing, and a flanged end partly closing the other end of said casing, said cappedend having an inwardly extended lug, and a slidable feeding-member having an inner flanged end for engaging said pieces, and an outer flanged end making a thumb piece, and side stops for limiting the'outward movements of said slidable member, substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our invention we have signed our names in the presence of two witnesses, this sixth day of October, 1915.

HERMAN LANES. PAUL F. W. MULLER.

Witnesses:

MAX MANN, C. H. Kos'rnn.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. G. 

